Succulent SwapSearch Drought Smart Plants here: Swap succulent plants or cuttings from your collection in exchange for ones from mine! Do you have your succulent plant collection yet? Here’s a way to get more plants cheap – with a succulent plant swap. I’ll accept your cuttings of any succulent plant, even if you don't know what they are, in exchange for your choice of varieties, either cuttings or small plantlets that I have available, from my collection.Start your SwapCheck the pages of succulent plants on this website and see what you would like. Please list several options in case I am out of stock.Here are the pages to look at: Succulent Plants Miscellaneous NextLet me know what you have to send in your exchange, and what you would like to receive.Package your SwapHere are instructions for taking the cuttings and packaging them for shipping.Stem cuttings: These are best done with a razor blade or scalpel, not scissors or pruners which can crush the stem. Try and get a cutting which has four to eight leaves, depending on the size of the plant. Leave these in the open air to dry and callous. Package them in a DRY paper towel and a plastic bag immediately before shipping. Do not wet them! Leaf cuttings: remove one or more leaves by pulling them sideways off the stem. They won’t root if they are torn off too high up. Sometimes you have to slightly twist to remove the leaf. Plants that will root from leaf cuttings are Echeveria and other similar plants. Package as above. Pups: Some plants such as Aloe make new baby plants right alongside the mother plant. You can remove some of the soil around the stem and cut the pup off as low down as possible. Hopefully, you will get some of the very lowest stem which will have tiny white bumps. Even if you don’t get these, they will most likely root. Package these by putting a small piece of very slightly dampened paper towel around the bottom, place in a plastic bag immediately before shipping. Ship your Swap to me atBlue Fox Farm P.O. Box 596 Grand Forks, B.C. V0H 1H0 When you ship your swap, please contact me to alert me to check the mail box, as sometimes I go a few days between. Care of Your SwapIn reverse, prior to receiving your exchange of succulents, make sure you have a variety of sizes of plastic pots, and if you like, some clay pots, and also potting soil.I use strictly Sunshine Mix #4, as this has extra aggregate for drainage. You can also use a soil specifically for cactus as this has lots of drainage material. Don’t use regular peat or manure based soil, or garden soil. You won’t succeed in rooting the cuttings, and even established (rooted) succulent plants won’t succeed in that type of soil. 
When you receive your succulent swap, decide which size pot to use by relating it to the size of the cutting. Don’t use a huge pot for a small leaf cutting. Pot up any that have roots already in dry Sunshine Mix, but don’t water until they have adjusted to their new home. If you get leaf cuttings, leave them on the surface of the dry soil until tiny pink roots show. I know, it sounds counter intuitive, but if you water too soon there is a risk of rot setting in. Be patient, it can take a few weeks until you see roots. Please note, this swap is for Canadian customers only, as there are restrictions on shipping between countries - sorry! Still looking for something? Search the Web here:
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